| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_figure gptkb:Buddhist_monk
 gptkb:Buddhist_layman
 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Vimalakīrti_Nirdeśa_Sūtra 
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                                | gptkbp:countryOfOrigin | gptkb:India 
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                                | gptkbp:culture | gptkb:Indian 
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                                | gptkbp:debatedBy | gptkb:Manjushri gptkb:Shariputra
 Buddhist disciples
 
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                                | gptkbp:depictedIn | wealthy layman 
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                                | gptkbp:gender | gptkb:male 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Zen_Buddhism gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
 gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | eloquence teaching nonduality
 wisdom
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Sanskrit 
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                                | gptkbp:mentionedIn | gptkb:Vimalakīrti_Nirdeśa_Sūtra Chinese Buddhist texts
 Japanese Buddhist texts
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:Vimalakīrti_Nirdeśa_Sūtra 
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                                | gptkbp:period | 1st century CE 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Buddhism 
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                                | gptkbp:role | protagonist in Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra 
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                                | gptkbp:sometimesIdentifiedWith | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:arhat
 enlightened layperson
 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | gptkb:art gptkb:literature
 scholarly studies
 statues
 East Asian paintings
 sutra commentaries
 
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                                | gptkbp:symbolizes | bodhisattva ideal enlightenment outside monasticism
 lay wisdom
 
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                                | gptkbp:teaches | emptiness (śūnyatā) nonduality
 skillful means (upāya)
 
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                                | gptkbp:veneratedIn | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Chinese_Buddhism
 gptkb:Japanese_Buddhism
 gptkb:Vietnamese_Buddhism
 gptkb:Mahayana_tradition
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Mañjuśrī 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Vimalakīrti 
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